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Originally Posted by bearkilr
New LTR's in 308 sell for $1200 at Epps and they're not the lowest priced gun store in Canada by any means. ATR wants $1875 for one with a tac bolt knob, trigger "tune", bedding job and rail.
That's $675 for the added work which, IMO, is too much. I guess someone figured it wasn't, as I see it's sold now.
To my knowledge, no gunshop test fires new rifles nor will they do a free action blueprinting/trueing, so your guess as to accuracy is as good as theirs. About all they'll do is check to make sure the stock isn't bust in half before shipping.
SO $1200.00 for a bare untouched unchecked rifle is a fair price, which by the way is EXACTLY what we sell 1 for.
Add $125.00 for the optional bolt knob, add $150.00 for proper bedding which WILL reduce group sizes significantly and then add a high quality scope rail for $175.00 and then add $40.00 for having the trigger tuned. This all adds up to a GREATLY enhanced rifle for $1675.00 and unless the plan is to use duct tape to intall you scope, you don't care about getting the best accuracy, like the factory 8lb trigger are all things most guys have to do to the rifle in order to shoot it.
Also unlike almost every gun shop in Canada, we DO carefully examine each factory rifle for flaws such as bad crowns, rough chambers, missing rifling etc which is a fair bit more involved than simply checking to see if the stock is not "bust in half" as you suggest. We use a good number of 700 actions for builds we do in the course of the year so can easliy relogate a rifle to parts use only if it has some flaw or issue that we would prefer our clients not to have to worry about.
We DO test fire EVERY rifle sell, so if you are going to make statements about what we do please confine them to what you ACTUALLY know rather posting mis-information.
We DO offer "enhanced or upgraded" rifles for sale, something very few shops do, but we DO charge for the upgrades as they ARE options that we get requests for daily and that many folks want. If you want a bone stock unchecked over rifle thas fine too, if the costs associated with the upgrades are beyond you means thats fine too, but don't slag on us becasue of it.
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Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply
Canadian Nightforce Optics Distributor
http://www.albertatacticalrifle.com/
Long Distance is BETTER than being there
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WOW! A little testy. We are all entitled to our opinions in this public forum.
BEARKILR see's A.t. as pricey for their service. So what! Internet = shop around!
Expensive work does not = quality
AND, YOU ALSO GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.
If you are planning on getting work done on your gun. Shop around and ask lots of questions. Ask people you know, who did the work on their guns. You will usually find that a reputation for good workmanship comes with a price.
GUNGUY34, nice holster.
Originally Posted by bearkilr
New LTR's in 308 sell for $1200 at Epps and they're not the lowest priced gun store in Canada by any means. ATR wants $1875 for one with a tac bolt knob, trigger "tune", bedding job and rail.
That's $675 for the added work which, IMO, is too much. I guess someone figured it wasn't, as I see it's sold now.
To my knowledge, no gunshop test fires new rifles nor will they do a free action blueprinting/trueing, so your guess as to accuracy is as good as theirs. About all they'll do is check to make sure the stock isn't bust in half before shipping.
SO $1200.00 for a bare untouched unchecked rifle is a fair price, which by the way is EXACTLY what we sell 1 for.
Add $125.00 for the optional bolt knob, add $150.00 for proper bedding which WILL reduce group sizes significantly and then add a high quality scope rail for $175.00 and then add $40.00 for having the trigger tuned. This all adds up to a GREATLY enhanced rifle for $1675.00 and unless the plan is to use duct tape to intall you scope, you don't care about getting the best accuracy, like the factory 8lb trigger are all things most guys have to do to the rifle in order to shoot it.
Also unlike almost every gun shop in Canada, we DO carefully examine each factory rifle for flaws such as bad crowns, rough chambers, missing rifling etc which is a fair bit more involved than simply checking to see if the stock is not "bust in half" as you suggest. We use a good number of 700 actions for builds we do in the course of the year so can easliy relogate a rifle to parts use only if it has some flaw or issue that we would prefer our clients not to have to worry about.
We DO test fire EVERY rifle sell, so if you are going to make statements about what we do please confine them to what you ACTUALLY know rather posting mis-information.
We DO offer "enhanced or upgraded" rifles for sale, something very few shops do, but we DO charge for the upgrades as they ARE options that we get requests for daily and that many folks want. If you want a bone stock unchecked over rifle thas fine too, if the costs associated with the upgrades are beyond you means thats fine too, but don't slag on us becasue of it.
__________________
Alberta Tactical Rifle Supply
Canadian Nightforce Optics Distributor
http://www.albertatacticalrifle.com/
Long Distance is BETTER than being there
[/COLOR]
WOW! A little testy. We are all entitled to our opinions in this public forum.
BEARKILR see's A.t. as pricey for their service. So what! Internet = shop around!
Expensive work does not = quality
AND, YOU ALSO GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.
If you are planning on getting work done on your gun. Shop around and ask lots of questions. Ask people you know, who did the work on their guns. You will usually find that a reputation for good workmanship comes with a price.
GUNGUY34, nice holster.
